Long Thread Media Workshops

How to Direct Warp: Set Up Your Rigid-Heddle Loom

While there are several methods for warping, the one every rigid-heddle weaver should know is the direct warping method. These instructors will help you learn how to warp like a pro!

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Weave Better Selvedges with Sara Bixler

Sit back and let expert weaver and teacher Sara Bixler teach you her proven methods for weaving better selvedges—so you can weave more and worry less.

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Beginning Weaving on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Go from novice to completing your first project in just a few days! This comprehensive course teaches all the basics of warping, weaving, and beyond to get you started confidently. Sponsored by Kromski

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Huck Lace on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Explore amazing lace patterns and gain the skills to start weaving lace using just your rigid-heddle loom and a pick-up stick.

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Color-and-Weave on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Learn to weave graphic, complex-looking patterns on your rigid-heddle loom—no pick-up stick required.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Designing with Hemstitching

In this video, Sara Bixler will show you how you can use hemstitching to add interest to the body of your fabric, as a way to enhance handwoven lace, as a lace technique in itself, and as a way to add color and graphic elements to your weaving.

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[Video Only] Boutonné

Delve into the rich history of Canadian coverlet weaving and give a modern twist to the craft of boutenné (often misspelled boutenné, boutenne, or boutonne).

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Brooks Bouquet with Sara Bixler

In her Creative Weaving series, weaver and teacher Sara Bixler shows how you can make exciting, attractive cloth on a rigid-heddle loom or any loom.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Clasped Weft Patterns

Join expert weaving instructor Sara Bixler to learn the unique Clasped Weft technique, an impressive way to enhance and customize your woven projects.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Leno Lace

Join weaving expert Sara Bixler and learn an easy yet impressive technique for your rigid heddle loom or any floor loom. Create open weave lace patterns by physically manipulating individual threads to change their orientation and appearance.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Six Fringe Finishing Techniques for Weavers

Learn creative and practical techniques for finishing your fringe! This video will teach you six different fringe finishing techniques – each one with unique properties and visual appeal.

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[Video Only] Weaving a No-Sew Baby Blanket

Learn how to create a simple no sew baby blanket on a rigid heddle loom. You will weave narrow panels as small as you'd like, and seam them together in a series of small loops on each selvedge edge of your panels.

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[Video Only] Danish Medallions

In this chapter in her Creative Weaving series, weaver and teacher Sara Bixler shows how to embellish your plain-weave fabric using versatile, easy Danish medallions.

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